Brown Put Divestment to a Vote
The encampment agreement secured a vote. The governing corporation rejected the proposal in October.
On April 30, 2024, Brown agreed to bring a student divestment proposal to its governing corporation in October. In exchange, student organizers agreed to end their encampment. The agreement also gave students a chance to present their case to members of the corporation.
On October 8, the corporation accepted its advisory committee’s recommendation against divesting from the 10 companies named in the proposal. The agreement secured a formal decision. The board rejected the requested investment change.
From agreement to decision
The April agreement set two milestones: an advisory recommendation and a vote by the corporation. That sequence put the proposal through Brown’s existing investment review process. The October vote resolved the proposal involving ten companies. The documents let readers follow the demand from negotiation through a recorded decision.
Police and transport records by country
One New Jersey city reported an overtime bill
Englewood’s city manager told The Record that the city had incurred $32,000 in overtime since October 7, most of it for additional police at council meetings and protests. The figure reported in 2024 covers several activities. No breakdown in the account assigns an amount to any one demonstration. Teaneck’s separate municipal budget reports police spending by account, which cannot establish the protest share of its spending.
Interview with the Englewood city manager · Teaneck municipal budget book
Figures and sources
A US historical study compares incarceration by birthplace from 1870 to 2020. It finds lower incarceration rates for immigrants in recent decades. Incarceration is the outcome measured and the comparison uses birthplace. It does not estimate protest involvement, incidents committed, or outcomes by religious affiliation. NBER research paper
United States population and public costs · Public costs and national research